Outlook sending multiple copies of email with attachments

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John M

I have Outlook 2003 and XP Pro. When sending emails with attachments over
1Mb the message stays in the outbox and reports an error that the sending
server times out, but many copies of the message are sent to the recipient
without any way of determining it until I get complaints. Can anyone shed
some light on this for me please.
 
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Brian Tillman

John M said:
I have Outlook 2003 and XP Pro. When sending emails with attachments
over 1Mb the message stays in the outbox and reports an error that
the sending server times out, but many copies of the message are sent
to the recipient without any way of determining it until I get
complaints. Can anyone shed some light on this for me please.
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The usual causes of this are 1) scanning outgoing mail with an antivirus
scanner (completely pointless), 2) a too-short send.receive interval, and 3)
a too-short server timeout value.
 
P

Piccolo Pete

John, did you ever resolve this matter, as I have exactly the same problem.
Cheers.
 
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Barry Densch

Ahhhhh, finally... someone who knows their stuff!

Many thanks for this information Brian. It worked for me.

I have just one question.

Is there any way to get rid of: "Microsoft Office Outlook is synchronizing folders" when sending large attachments? Since I'm not hooked up to an exchange server.

Thanks again,
-Barry Densch

(The ex-UNIX admin who always appreciated the Microsoft guys... and who still does!)
 
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Brian Tillman

Barry Densch said:
Many thanks for this information Brian. It worked for me.
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You're welcome.
Is there any way to get rid of: "Microsoft Office Outlook is
synchronizing folders" when sending large attachments? Since I'm not
hooked up to an exchange server.
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Sending/Receiving is synching for POP/SMTP. I don't think you can get rid
of it.
 

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